Back to School
Staff from Neighborhood Centers for Families and Head Start participated in several back-to-school events in Orange County at the start of the 2025-26 school year. These events provided children with necessary school supplies and new backpacks, while also linking families with important community resources.
Drums in Recovery
Marla Singleton of Drums in Recovery led several activity sessions at the 4C Early Head Start Ferguson Child Development Center in Orlando, Florida. Drums in Recovery utilizes rhythm as a tool to cultivate musical, personal, and social harmony within diverse communities. Its programs foster interpersonal skills and healthy lifestyles for people in these communities, helping them gain self-esteem, social acceptance and healing from personal struggles. To view video from event, click here.
Pages to Possibilities
Members of the community participated in the 4C Head Start/Early Head Start “Pages to Possibilities” event recently. They went into classrooms and read to children as part of Literacy Week at the 4C Ferguson Early Head Start Center in Orlando.
The readers from the community included:
- Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.
- State Rep. Johanna López.
- Patricia Rumph, Community Ambassador for Orange County Government and member of the Orange County Citizens’ Commission for Children.
- Mishara Bianca, Community Outreach Coordinator at Cornerstone Connections.
- Tiffany Davis, Healthy Start Community Liaison.
